Edmonton Oilers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Wednesday, March 4, 1981 · Madison Square Garden
Scoring
1st period
Blair MacDonald (19)Dave Hunter (16), Tom Roulston (1)1–010:33 EDM
Ron Greschner (21)Don Maloney (20), Mike Allison (31)1–111:58 NYR
2nd period
Wayne Gretzky (45)Dave Lumley (7)2–116:22 EDM ·
3rd period
Mike Allison (22)Anders Hedberg (33), Dean Talafous (12)2–200:41 NYR
Mark Messier (16)Matti Hagman (27), Glenn Anderson (16)3–203:44 EDM
Steve Vickers (17)Ed Hospodar (11), Tom Laidlaw (20)3–304:46 NYR
Anders Hedberg (24)Steve Vickers (34), Ron Greschner (35)3–405:51 NYR · 
Lance Nethery (10)Steve Vickers (35)3–508:13 NYR- Mark Messier (17)Glenn Anderson (17), Doug Hicks (15)4–514:30 EDM
Glenn Anderson (18)Mark Messier (27), Paul Coffey (16)5–518:28 EDM
Team stats
EDMNYR
3122
0%0%
0/51/5
1720
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 12:54 into the first period
Jari Kurri · holding2 min - 16:46 into the first period
Dave Maloney · hooking2 min - 0:29 into the second periodBarry Beck · cross checking2 min
- 5:33 into the second periodNick Fotiu · charging2 min
- 7:46 into the second periodMark Messier · fighting5 min
- 7:46 into the second periodChris Kotsopoulos · fighting5 min
- 11:59 into the second periodDoug Hicks · high sticking2 min
- 16:14 into the second periodPat Price · holding2 min
- 1:29 into the third periodMike Allison · high sticking2 min
- 5:10 into the third periodKevin Lowe · holding2 min
- 10:35 into the third periodDave Hunter · tripping2 min
- 12:28 into the third periodRon Greschner · slashing2 min
- 18:15 into the third periodDave Lumley · interference2 min
- 18:15 into the third periodSteve Baker · butt ending5 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 11Mark MessierC | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 10Matti HagmanC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 14Blair MacDonaldR | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 20Dave LumleyR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Tom RoulstonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – |
| 5Doug HicksD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 18Brett CallighenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 8Risto SiltanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Pat PriceD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Eddie MioG | T | 22 | 5 | .773 |
| 33Gary EdwardsG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 8Steve VickersL | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 15Anders HedbergR | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 4 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 1 | 1 | 2 | −2 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 19Dean TalafousC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 21Lance NetheryC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 2Tom LaidlawD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 23Ed HospodarD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 10Ron DuguayC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 11Ulf NilssonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 17Eddie JohnstoneR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 22Nick FotiuL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 3Barry BeckD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 5Carol VadnaisD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 24Chris KotsopoulosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 3 | – |
| 26Dave MaloneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Doug SoetaertG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 35Steve BakerG | T | 31 | 5 | .839 |